Comparison

Notebook Artillery vs kaboomee

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Notebook Artillery

Engage in strategic cannon combat with this arcade-simulation-action game. Adjust firing angle and powder to hit targets or opponents, accounting for wind and random stage layouts. Features hand-drawn art and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Adjust firing angle and powder
  • Account for wind and stage layouts
  • Solo target practice mode
  • CPU opponent
  • Local multiplayer vs mode
  • Hand-drawn game art
  • Unlockable stickers
Features
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Apple called it "sketchy — in a good way." Multiple-time Game of the Day in 80+ countries. Nintendo Force gave it 8.5/10. And it started as a doodle. Once upon a time in a middle school computer lab, a student ignored every assignment for an entire semester to fire cannons at a friend. That student grew up, spent 20 years making games professionally, and eventually decided the world needed a proper love letter to that wasted time. This is it. Notebook Artillery is a hand-drawn artillery game inspired by the classic Mac game that got confiscated off school computers everywhere. Set your angle. Load your powder. Fire. Account for the wind. Try not to hit your own tower. Play your way: Solo target practice — break floating targets across randomly generated stages VS CPU — take on a computer opponent Local multiplayer — challenge someone in the same room What makes it feel different: Every frame hand-drawn in Procreate — ruled lines, coil binding, pencil textures, the whole notebook aesthetic Trees splinter. Towers explode. Cannonballs collide mid-air. Wind changes everything. Read the flag. Use your shot trails. Unlock stickers by pulling off feats — first-shot eliminations, mid-air collisions, and yes, accidentally destroying your own tower Randomly generated stages mean no two games play the same Made by one person, with audio by Kevin Samuels and Switch/console ports by PolyCrunch Games. No AI tools were used in making this game. All art hand-drawn. Developed in GameMaker Studio.

About

kaboomee

Control a small bomb with a lit fuse in an endless runner. Tap to jump, collect items to extend your fuse, and defeat enemies. Customize your character with hats that offer unique abilities.

Highlights
  • One-tap gameplay
  • Fuse management mechanic
  • Diverse running environments
  • Enemy stomping and bomb throwing
  • Power-ups for score and survival
  • Unlockable characters and hats
  • Leaderboard integration
Features
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Kaboomee is a little bomb with a big heart and a lit fuse. When the Sky Factory falls into chaos, the tiny hero of Boom City has exactly one job: keep running. Tap to jump. Grab wrenches. Stomp anything that moves. And never, ever let the fuse burn out. ONE TAP, NO MERCY A pick-up-and-play endless runner built around a single rule: your fuse is always burning. Wrenches, black bombs and clean stomps buy you time. Standing still does not. BOOM CITY NEVER STOPS Sprint through steel girders, neon skylines, thunderstorms and moonlit rooftops. Bouncing blue platforms, live yellow shock plates, speed strips and slow zones all change how you move - learn them or lose to them. WATCH OUT FOR THE STOMPER Now and then a mechanical stomper marches in. Then it grows. Kick black bombs into it, dodge what it throws, and take it down before your fuse takes you. POWER-UPS Freeze the fuse. Raise a shield. Double your score. Magnet every wrench on screen. Slow the whole world down, or grab a second jump in mid-air. DRESS THE BOMB Spend your wrenches in the store on characters and hats - and the hats are not just for looks. The Fire Chief hoses enemies off the screen. The Detective bends time. Four of the best hats cannot be bought at all. You have to earn them. GAME CENTER Post your best run to the leaderboard and find out how far you really got. Free to play, with optional ads and in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Notebook Artillery4 screens
kaboomee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: kaboomee at Free against Notebook Artillery's $0.99. kaboomee also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Notebook Artillery's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (148 vs 5). On ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

kaboomee is free to download; Notebook Artillery costs $0.99 up front. kaboomee sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Notebook Artillery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

kaboomee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notebook Artillery has 148 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Notebook Artillery's written reviews are positive against 100% of kaboomee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notebook Artillery ships an update every 2 weeks, kaboomee every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Notebook Artillery versus kaboomee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebook Artillerykaboomee
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (148 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings148 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB44 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAustin IvansmithLogikal Mayhem LLC

Customer experience

Notebook Artillery

All ratings148 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral10.3%
Negative8.0%

kaboomee

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Notebook Artillery

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 12 and 13 on iPad Pro
  • Inconsistent animation speeds

Requested features

7 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Campaign mode with objectives
  • Weapon/tower upgrades
  • Customization options
  • Special game modes (speed run, boss battles, etc.)
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  • Ability to save and continue games
  • Detailed badge/achievement system

kaboomee

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Notebook Artillery

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

kaboomee

One-time4
  • 5 Gold Wrenches$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 20 Gold Wrenches$2.99
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  • 60 Gold Wrenches$6.99

Questions

Is Notebook Artillery free?
Notebook Artillery costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is kaboomee free?
kaboomee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notebook Artillery or kaboomee?
kaboomee is rated higher. Notebook Artillery averages 4.5 out of 5 from 148 ratings, while kaboomee averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Notebook Artillery or kaboomee have ads?
Both Notebook Artillery and kaboomee show ads.
Which is updated more often, Notebook Artillery or kaboomee?
Notebook Artillery ships an update every 2 weeks, and kaboomee every 3 days. Most recently, Notebook Artillery was updated on October 22, 2026 and kaboomee on October 18, 2026.

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